I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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attempt
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Abercrombie's work is not alone in its attempt to salvage the sociology of knowledge in recent years.
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So finally, in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the exercise as a whole, the following workshop activity was developed.
pride
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She could never hope to rescue her heart, but at least she could salvage her pride .
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try
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He would rather go down fighting, and try to salvage whatever he could from the wreckage of his dreams.
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However, to try to salvage these items would be very costly.
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Two sergeants and I stayed behind to try to salvage as much as we could of our stores of food.
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Celia tried to salvage what she could, but she knew few of the journalists personally.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you no longer care for your partner, it is time to ask what can be salvaged from your relationship.
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Retailing and tourism can't salvage an ailing economy.
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Some observers doubt whether the peace process can be salvaged.
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The company is busy trying to salvage its core business.
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The fire had destroyed most of the building, but we managed to salvage a few valuable items.
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The house was built of timber salvaged from an earlier building.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A huge fire blazed outside on which we piled everything that could not be salvaged.
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Beginning Sunday, fish bag-limit restrictions will be lifted at four lakes so that anglers can salvage fish that may be lost.
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I see you've salvaged your sleeping-bag, Mr Parsons.
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Only something dramatic can salvage the promise he once showed, and Norris knows he can not do it alone.
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Retailing and tourism can't salvage an ailing economy.
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She could never hope to rescue her heart, but at least she could salvage her pride.
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Some 25 pounds of enriched uranium were apparently salvaged from Osirak.
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The one real consolation that could be salvaged from the whole sorry affair was that the system had worked in the end.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
operation
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It was argued that the fierce weather which had prevented a salvage operation also helped break up the oil.
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On important archaeological sites torn up by windblown salvage operations were carried out.
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The more dramatic was the salvage operation .
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The changes in ownership by salvage operation between franchise rounds have already been mentioned.
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A massive salvage operation was undertaken.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The developers have planned for the salvage and reuse of the building's decorations.
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We found the statue in a local salvage yard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How does the archaeologist set about locating sites, other than through documentary sources and salvage work?
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If the salvage is worthwhile then this should be taken up and disposed of to the highest bidder.
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It was argued that the fierce weather which had prevented a salvage operation also helped break up the oil.
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The growth of salvage work also leads us to ask: Who today actually are the searchers in archaeology?
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The probe focuses on vehicles that were intended to be stripped for salvage by the Arizona Department of Corrections.
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We walk through this user-friendly dump, exchanging salvage stories.
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What is going on in salvage timber sales.
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When the review is completed, the injunction could be lifted, and salvage logging could begin in the Southwest, too.